A 19-year-old TikTok creator and Twitch broadcaster has found himself in handcuffs after live streaming what started as a lighthearted stunt inside a Walmart store. Haskell, who is perhaps best known as the “i’m crine” meme and has amassed over 1.8 million TikTok followers, walked into a Walmart wearing a vest he brought from home and proceeded to act as though he worked there.
The content started relatively harmlessly. Haskell helped a deaf customer locate an apron, tidied up shelves, and chatted with staff on their lunch break, introducing himself as Josh and asking an employee for workplace advice. To his credit, he was polite and personable throughout most of the encounter.
But the stunt unraveled quickly once he wandered into staff-only areas and began filming employees on their break without their consent.
Store security eventually approached him, suspecting he had stolen the vest. Haskell insisted he had purchased it himself, saying at one point, “My mom works at Walmart,” before being told police had been called.
Rather than leaving, he lingered in the parking lot, making a scene for the camera while staff continued to confront him.
One Walmart employee, clearly aware of the live broadcast, proved particularly sharp during the exchange. He pointed out that Walmart works with content creators through proper partnerships and told Haskell he should have gone that route.
“If you were trying to do this the right way and to get the clout the right way, you would have partnered with us,” the employee said. Haskell responded, “Why the h3ll would I want to post on the platform of Walmart? That’s giving sellout.”
The employee fired back, “If you’re pretending to work for us, then you’re sellout.”
When police arrived, Haskell was arrested. His Twitch channel was subsequently banned.
He later said he paid a $2,000 bond, though it remains unclear whether formal charges were ever filed, and given how quickly he returned to posting jokes about the incident, many suspect he may have simply been detained and released.
The reaction online has been mixed. Some fans have rallied around him, framing the arrest as an overreaction. Critics, however, have pointed out that filming unsuspecting workers in private employee spaces without consent is irresponsible regardless of intent, and that broadcasting people’s names, faces, and workplace to a large online audience carries real risks for those individuals.
Haskell has not slowed down since the arrest. He has uploaded the footage to YouTube and has been posting clips on TikTok, including one featuring him posing in fuzzy handcuffs.
